Re: I did a bad thing!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Alaskaman 11</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MtGoat</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RADcustom</div><div class="ubbcode-body">There are some nice ones in this collection.
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Nice link....did you see these in the listing:
1053 *US MODEL M40 (REMINGTON 700) SNIPER RIFLE. SN 323514. Cal. .308. 24" bbl. This is a fine example of the US M40 Sniper system of the Vietnam era. These rifles started out with a Remington Model 700 action and had an air gauge, 24" bbl installed as well as a Redfield 3x9 scope. The scopes were very specifically anodized in green for these rifles and were also equipped with a range-finder within. This rifle retains all of its orig integrity and is in fine overall condition. Also equipped with Butler Creek lens covers and a leather sling dated April 1977. PROVENANCE: Carl Metz Collection. CONDITION: Bbl action retains better than 95% of its gray Parkerizing with some very slight thinning at the muzzle. The US stamp on this rifle is below the SN and the only markings on the bbl are the Hart (air gauge) mark and the sub-inspector REP. Scope mount is electric pencil, numbered to the gun and retains approx 80% of a lighter Parkerizing with the scope rings showing better than 98%. Redfield scope shows better than 98% of its green anodized finish with crystal clear optics. Walnut buttstock shows very good+ with only some surface scratches to the varnish and a very prominent cross cannon stamp on the left side over the trigger. Leather sling shows near excellent and is very pliable. An outstanding example of a Vietnam era M40. Mechanics are crisp and bore is bright and shiny. 4-38441 BEK20 (8,500-14,000)
View 1054 *USMC (REMINGTON 700) M40A1 SNIPER RIFLE W/PROPER USMC SCOPE. SN 224797. Cal. 308. 24" bbl. This rifle is the replacement for the M40 Sniper Rifle of the Vietnam War era. The M40A1 has been in use since just after Vietnam and is still the primary Marine sniper rifle of the day. Some of these were manufactured as new while most were upgraded M40. It is equipped with the post Vietnam War Unertl telescope and the same Redfield mount as was on the M40. It has a heavier bbl than the M40 with a countersunk crown as opposed to flush, which made it less likely to sustain damage to the rifling if dropped. Equipped with a generic, leather scope case that is in good condition. PROVENANCE: Carl Metz Collection. CONDITION: Bbl action shows approx 90% of the orig gray Parkerizing with some slight wear and scratching towards the front of the bbl. The USMC sniper scope shows 85% thinning gray Parkerizing with crystal clear optics. The base and rings show better than 95% of their orig Parkerized finish. Triggergurad and floor plate assy also show better than 95% of their orig gray Parkerizing. Fiberglass camo buttstock shows very good condition with a few light scuffs and no significant marring. This rifle is equipped with a leather sling dated 10 /79 and shows little use, thought there is some slight cracking from dryness. Mechanics are excellent while the bore shows bright and shiny. 4-38442 BEK19 (5,500-9,000)
View 1054A *WINCHESTER MODEL 70 HEAVY BARREL SNIPER RIFLE. SN 411531. Cal. 30-06. Barrel length 24". This is an off-the-rack (not specifically mfg for GUT)Winchester Model 70 heavy barrel off-hand target rifle that was procured by the U.S. government for sniper use during the Vietnam war. It is equipped with a Redfield base with T-4 rings and and M-84 telescope. Since these rifles were considered "off-the-rack", U.S. Property was electric-penciled into the left side of the receiver as opposed to stamped. It is also equipped with a leather WWI era sling. PROVENANCE: Carl Metz Collection. CONDITION: Receiver retains approximately 95% of the matte-gray finish that Winchester Model 70's of the post-war era have. The 1 1/4" diameter heavy target barrel shows a commercial bright blue and is tapped on the top for a much larger scope for target purposes. The trigger guard and floor plate retain 98% of their original finish with the trigger screws being slightly buggered. The scope and rings retain better than 98% of their original blue finish. The scope optics are crisp and clear with the exception of a couple of flakes that are in the glass. There is no rubber eyepiece present. The heavy rifle buttstock shows good condition with only light scuffing present and just a couple of very minor dings. The sling is somewhat dry and well-worn but is very much intact. The action is crisp and the bore is bright and shiny. 4-38439 BEK22 (3,000-5,000)
Not sure who Carl Metz was/is but he has a number of fine tactical rifles in the listing (M1C's, M1D's '03 snipers etc) as well as the Model 70 Target, M40 and M40A1 above.....wow....didn't even make it down to the doubles yet
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You can keep them M40s when you can have:
*JOHN RIGBY AND CO. BEST SIDE LOCK EJECTOR DOUBLE RIFLE MADE FOR THE MAHARAJAH OF ALWAR, WITH CASE. SN 17977. (1925) Cal. .375 Holland & Holland. 25" Chopper lump bbls are engraved "John Rigby & Co. 43. Sackville St. London." in Gothic script on file cut quarter rib with square shouldered dolls head extension with third bite. One standing, two folding express rear sight has platinum lines, is matted, and marked for 100, 300, and 400 yards. Ivory bead front is longitudinally dovetailed into raised front base. Tops of bbls are engraved "Cal. .375" H & H Magnum. Rimless." and "Regulated for 300 GR. Bullet". Bbl flats show 1984 London reproof for .375 Mag. SN is stamped transversely between lumps. Full side lock action has non automatic safety with "Safe" inlaid in gold, double triggers, bushed strikers, and screw grip third fastener. Action is filed in typical Rigby fashion with foliate fences, and dipped lock plates. Screws have Rigby's typically wide slots. Trigger guard bow attaches to elongated trigger plate which extends into grip in typical Rigby fashion. Action and lock plates have 80% coverage of very well executed Rigby house style shaded open scroll. "John Rigby & Co" is engraved on both lock plates. Trigger guard bow has matching scroll. SN is on tang of trigger plate. Dense, nicely marbled, and slightly figured European walnut full pistol grip buttstock measures 15" over leather covered pad, and features sling loop, horn grip cap, drop points, 22 LPI checkering with mullered borders, and gold oval on toe line engraved with crest of Maharajah of Alwar. Matching splinter forend attaches to bbl with forward lever, engraved "Rigby's Patent". Ejectors are fitted with Rigby's hexagonal nut that can be adjusted to make ejectors into extractors by releasing tension of the springs. Drop at heel: 3-1/8", drop at comb: 1-7/8". Weight: 9 lbs. 3 oz, LOP 15". Relatively new leather case with leather corners is lined in wine colored cloth, with older paper Rigby labels installed. Accessories include brass cleaning rod, snap caps, oil bottle, leather muzzle cover, hard rubber striker block, and 2 horn handled turn screws. Also included with rifle is a one of a kind Buffalo Hide Rigby marked universal cleaning kit. PROVENANCE: Copy of John Rigby & Co letter giving history of rifle, and noting that when Paul Roberts did the conversion from .350 no.2 to .375 H & H it shot very well. There's also an article on Indian royalty; copy of page from 1930s Stoeger's catalog describing Rigby rifles; Description of Rigby's SCI auction donation of buffalo skin cleaning kit, with value of $800 in 1996, as well as some pictures of rifle. CONDITION: Very fine, as reconditioned. Bbls show virtually all of London re-black. Action and lock plates show traces of original case color but are mostly pewter gray. Top lever has been re-blacked. Engraving is still sharp. Stocks show virtually all of hand rubbed oil refinish with a few minor nicks. Checkering has been re-cut. Bores are excellent. Action is tight. Bbls are on face. Ejectors are in time. Case has some minor scuffs in leather. Interior is fine. Labels have some minor stains. Accessories are as new. Cleaning kit is as new. A very fine rifle only improved by its factory re-bore and re-chambering to what is probably the finest all around African caliber. 4-38520 MGM69 (38,000-48,000)
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Hell, this one was owned my Sam Colt himself!
XTRAORDINARILY RARE FACTORY ENGRAVED CASED COLT NO. 5 HOLSTER MODEL TEXAS PATERSON PERCUSSION REVOLVER BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ONE OF SAM COLTS PERSONAL GUNS. SN 985. Cal. 36. Fabulously rare Paterson with 6" oct bbl that has six silver bands on the bbl and one very wide & a narrow silver band around the front edge of the recoil shield. Frame, bbl lug & back strap are very nicely engraved in early vine pattern consisting of flowing foliate arabesque patterns over the frame and both sides of the bbl lug. Both sides of the cylinder plate are engraved in climbing leaf patterns. Backstrap is engraved with foliate arabesque patterns at the top, heel & buttstrap. Center of the backstrap is inlaid with an empty rectangular silver plate. Muzzle of the bbl has deep border patterns & the bbl has the large letter address "Patent Arms Mg. Co. Paterson, N.J. - Colt's Pt.". The rear of the address has the star & snake pattern, however with the short bbl, the engraving patterns around the front sight left no room for the front star & snake pattern. Mounted with rare shell carved ivory grip panels with German silver frame & backing, mounted to a walnut block forming a 1-pc grip. Cylinder is roll-marked with the stagecoach holdup scene and has two wide silver bands. Accompanied by an early, orig Colt Paterson mahogany casing with fluted lid and a German silver rectangle that has scalloped corners in center of the lid. Interior is lined with dark brown or black velvet with recesses in the bottom for the revolver, a Paterson charger and in the right rear for a spare cylinder, which is present & bears number "844", that also has two wide silver bands. Inside bottom of case also has wire clips and pins holding a sgl cavity, 3-pc orig Paterson mold with turned walnut handles and brass ferrules. It also contains an orig Paterson pistol capper numbered "200" inside the lid and in the bottom. It additionally has an orig copper & gold-washed brass Paterson Holster Model charger numbered "65". The center band on the charger is rolled with the same address as is on the bbl. It also has an orig brass cleaning rod with 8" shaft, and turned walnut handle with brass ferrule, and finally, an orig Holster Model Paterson multi-tool. Matching serial numbers were observed on the rear face of the bbl lug, cylinder rotating ring, face of trigger and left side of front strap under the grip. The cylinder & backstrap are numbered "941". The "1" in these numberings appear to be stamped over. An alteration wedge is a period of use replacement without number. There is a well-known Paterson from Sam Colt's personal collection with a nearly identically configured Holster Model Paterson with identical carved grips, and similar engraving currently on display as part of The Colt Collection at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT. That Paterson is consecutive numbered to this revolver, bearing number "984". It is believed this pair was Col. Colt's personal cased set and there is little doubt that they were Sam Colt's personal side arms in fact according to "The Patterson Colt Book" featuring the Dennis Levett Collection on page 13, and also "Fine Colts The Doctor Joseph A. Murphy Collection" on page 3, the Patterson at the Antheneum has cylinder #985 currently in it not #984!!! Pretty convincing evidence that the 2 guns were together at least at one time and the cylinder from this gun #985 was mistakenly installed in #984 after cleaning. One of the first recorded instances of this revolver surfacing is a set of photographs from "Weston's Mexican Art Shop" in Mexico City dated on the back Sept. 7, 1940. It next appeared in the Sept. 1945 Gimble Bros. Antique Firearms Catalog as Item #AV-8366-49 for a staggering asking price of $1,950.00. A copy of this catalog accompanies. Also accompanying is Jackson Arms Catalog #24, 1967, which lists this revolver as Item #213A wherein he states that the cylinder & backstrap are both numbered "984" and all other parts numbered "985". This revolver was pictured as Plate XIII of Samuel Colt Presents, The Book of Colt Engraving -1974, Colt Engraving - 1982, all by Wilson, and was exhibited in the Wadsworth Atheneum Nov. 1961-Jan. 1962. It is also pictured on p. 22 of Paterson Pistols and Colt Firearms From 1836, Serven; Encyclopedia of Firearms, Peterson; Texas Gun Collector magazine 1968; Guns magazine Aug. 1969; Arms Gazette Vol. I #8 1974; Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction, Los Angeles Lot 115, March 1976; Man at Arms magazine July/Aug 1988; front cover Colt Collectors Association pamphlet, NRA Convention 1991; Rampant Colt magazine, Dec. 1991; The Gun Report, Nov. 1960. This revolver is also pictured in full color on p. 1 of Fine Colts The Dr. Joseph A. Murphy Collection, Wilson. While Col. Colt was able to effectively demonstrate that parts for his revolvers were interchangeable, the toe of the buttstrap on this revolver extends a few thousandths of an inch beyond the toe of the frontstrap. This does not affect the function of either piece or the revolver itself but simply demonstrates the hand fitting of each revolver. PROVENANCE: Dr. Joseph A. Murphy Collection; Gamble Store; Jackson Arms; Weston's Mexican Art Shop; Walter B. Ford III Collection; Petersen Museum Collection; Tom Seymour; John S. duMont Collection; Tom P. Weston Collection; Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction; CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains 60-65% orig blue, strong on bottom, thin & fading elsewhere with a few small spots of pitting on left & right side flats. Frame retains 10-15% thin orig blue, strong on left recoil shield and in sheltered areas with balance a blue/gray patina. Backstrap has traces of thin blue at top of the backstrap with balance a blue/gray patina. Cyl retains 10-15% orig blue, mostly on the rounded shoulders with the balance a gray patina and overall retains 60-70% stagecoach holdup scene. Grip has a chipped left toe, chipped right heel and another small chip at the top right side with a couple of small cracks at the top right and overall retains a wonderful mellow ivory patina. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. Spare cylinder retains a dark blue/brown patina and about 75-80% stagecoach holdup scene. Case has a couple of grain checks in the bottom, otherwise is sound and retains most of an old restored finish. Interior is lightly faded & soiled but completely sound. Charger retains most of its orig gold wash on the three rings and bright polish on the copper. Mold retains most of its strong orig blue. Capper is sound and carries a medium mustard patina. Multi-tool and cleaning rod are very fine. Altogether an extraordinary & rare set and an opportunity to own a piece of Colt history. 4-36488 (550,000-950,000)
